right, Alex... this paper is required reading on the topic: Oracle Third-Party Cluster Filesystem Validation Program which is at: http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/written-works-and-presentations/ >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Gorbachev >>>Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 7:19 AM >>>To: LS Cheng >>>Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Subject: Re: 10g RAC with Veritas SF >>> >>>In 10g you can't use it "instead of" but rather "in addition to". -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l